Key-tag and the way of connecting it to keys.



PATENTED JULY 30, 1907. J. GOBTTLER. KEY TAG AND THE WAY OF CONNECTING IT TO KEYS.

APPLICATION I'ILBD JAN. 12, 1907.

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. iI-on the'plane y y of 3; 5 shows the reverse side The object of myinvention is to produce P venience or hindrance'comes from it. 7 p

To attain. said desirable ends I construct my said new P STATES .O E

, KEY-TAG AND m WAY or; com-arms rr' ro miss. a

No. 861,456. Specification of -Toallwhorriitinayoncemf Be it knownjhat I, Josnrlr Gonmniz, a citizen of the States, residing in Chicago, Cook county,

Illinois, have invented certain new; and useful Inf- 5 provements in Key-Tags and the Way of Connecting I Them to Keys, of which the following is'a' fulland correct description of the same, reference being had to the 1 hereto accompanying drawings, forming a parthereof,

10 Figu el shows a Hat key in side elevation and 2 shows the saine in transverse section made on the plane a: zof Fig. with the key-tag in place in each of said two figures. 3 shows afkey-tagfin side'elevation; Fig. 4 shows Fig: 3 transverse section, made of Fig. 3 and provided with a series or generic number. s Fig. 6 shows as old style key provided my said newtag. q i f L Like reference letters dnote like parts.

a key-tag. and to fit it the ke'y-bowin such away as to make the key and tag, practically, integral but, nevertheless, so that'it may be aswell by the employment of proper tools for such work,

' enabling me, in said manner, to changeand interchange l v the number, or numbers of a key as often as necessary or 1 desirable, and-to'have both a specific and a generic number and, at the sametime, have ample room for a key-ring in the key-bow, while my said new-tagpractiwlly occupies no room whatever, so far as any inconv key-tag and key-bow in sul)staritially the following manner, namely; preferably,,in the first place, I prefer the form of modern flat key a with key-bow b as shown in the for obvious-reasons, and into the open- 1 h y w b I insert a ke 0 mm-sfing v two lobes 6* provided with aconcave notch cat th WP,

E CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

letters-Patent." F PatentedJu1y30, 1907l.

Application m s January 12;1907; Serial Ho. 352.0105

which is part of the entire space 'inclosed by the keybow. The inner side s dof the opening d are parallel, so also are the edges 0" of the tag 0, the edges of the keytag" and inner edges of the key-bow correspond and fit exactly, except at the notch c, and foi-ma fit one the otherso close that considerable force is required from-a levnpress to either unite or separate the said tag from the key-bow- It is of course understood "from this that the keys of an establishment-as, for example, a safety vault, are'made the'same die so that whena tagis made from adiefto fit such a key-bow it will fit into allthe keys of place equal facility. Into such key-tags are then stampedtheir spe-; -cific numbers, as 13421, on both sides of the tagffor v greater. convenience, or where the keys ,of such aplace are divided into series, then on the opposite side of said 55 -tag is'stamped the generic nfimber, as A. 17,;as L; shown in Fig. 5, an'd'so on." o V It is obyiousthat thjslkey-tag may be fitted to any key-bow, and where the form of the opening is such as to provide little or no special room d for' thekey-ring the notch c be deepened or otherwise so changed in outline as to admit of the full use of a key-ring. It is obvious that in all key-tag takes upno room whatever and causes no inconvenience in any way to those-who apply tag to their keys and, such. keys to their key-ring, -while at the same time the keynumber is, in the convenient position for the user and far more readily seen than it would be on an at ta'clfed tag.

WhatI claimis:

The combination with a key-bow provided with an! opening, ot-a key-tag provided with a key-ring notch and a re maining perimeter coincident and parallel, both tran versely and longitudinally, with the perimeter of said opening I which, withthe'liow, leaves an dfor a key-ring, 

